[R] Software lifecycle for R releases (aka practical limits of support for older versions)

2009-06-25 Thread Rowe, Brian Lee Yung (Portfolio Analytics)
Hello useRs: Does anyone have thoughts on the lifecycle of older releases of R? I know that currently the 2.8.x and 2.9.x releases seem to be actively supported on the mailing lists, but what about older releases, say 2.4.x? Curious to hear when people think older versions of R become obsolete

Re: [R] Software lifecycle for R releases (aka practical limits of support for older versions)

2009-06-25 Thread Thomas Lumley
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Rowe, Brian Lee Yung (Portfolio Analytics) wrote: Does anyone have thoughts on the lifecycle of older releases of R? I know that currently the 2.8.x and 2.9.x releases seem to be actively supported on the mailing lists, but what about older releases, say 2.4.x? Curious to

Re: [R] Software lifecycle for R releases (aka practical limits of support for older versions)

2009-06-25 Thread David M Smith
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Rowe, Brian Lee Yung (Portfolio Analytics)b_r...@ml.com wrote: Hello useRs: Does anyone have thoughts on the lifecycle of older releases of R? I know that currently the 2.8.x and 2.9.x releases seem to be actively supported on the mailing lists, but what about

Re: [R] Software lifecycle for R releases (aka practical limits of support for older versions)

2009-06-25 Thread stephen sefick
There is an archive for all packages for older versions of R, but if you want up-to-date functionality of packages then you need the newest versions. my 2 cents stephen On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Rowe, Brian Lee Yung (Portfolio Analytics)b_r...@ml.com wrote: Hello useRs: Does anyone

Re: [R] Software lifecycle for R releases (aka practical limits of support for older versions)

2009-06-25 Thread Rowe, Brian Lee Yung (Portfolio Analytics)
. Brian -Original Message- From: Thomas Lumley [mailto:tlum...@u.washington.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:50 PM To: Rowe, Brian Lee Yung (Portfolio Analytics) Cc: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Software lifecycle for R releases (aka practical limits of support for older

Re: [R] Software lifecycle for R releases (aka practical limits of support for older versions)

2009-06-25 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Jun 25, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Rowe, Brian Lee Yung (Portfolio Analytics) wrote: Hello useRs: Does anyone have thoughts on the lifecycle of older releases of R? I know that currently the 2.8.x and 2.9.x releases seem to be actively supported on the mailing lists, but what about older